Grain planter



July 4, 1939. P. BROWER GRAIN PLANTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Alilg. 16, 1937 45mm mg 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 y 4, 1939. P. BRowER GRAIN PLANTER Filed Aug. 16,, 1957 Patented July 4, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GRAIN PLANTER Philip Brower, Caledonia, Mich. Application August 16, 1937, Serial No. 159,270 1 Claim. (01. 111-70) This invention relates to grain planting and is teeth 5 are clamped with the usual U-bolt conprimarily concerned with the adaptation of a nections. Ahand lever B is connected at its lower drill seed-box and delivery mechanism to a harend to the rear-most rock shaft 4 of each of the row, and the effective combination of the two so harrow sections, and at a short distance above its that there may be a simultaneous fitting of the lower end a horizontal bar i is pivotally secured, ground to be planted, and a drilling of the seed which bar extends forward over the front shafts in the ground and covering thereof so that the 4 with which it has connection by links 8, best two operations of final fitting the ground and shown in Fig. 2, the links being permanently seplanting the seed are simultaneously performed. cured to the shafts 4 and pivotally connected to Many times in fitting the ground for seeding, the bars 1. At the rear end each of the bars 1 is 10 such as in drilling wheat, oats, corn and similar formed with a notched semi-circular quadrant 9 crops, the fitting being done by harrowing, there in the notches of which a movably mounted dog, will be a complete harrowing and fitting of the mounted on the handle 6, is adapted to engage, ground ready for the drilling, but before the drillso that the shafts may be rocked and retained ing can be accomplished, a rain occurs which in any position to which adjusted and thereby requires a reharrowing of the ground in order to set the harrow teeth at greater or less depths prepare it for the drilling. With my invention, relative to the frame shoes I.

the final harrowing with the simultaneous deposit This is a conventional construction of a spring of the seed saves not only a considerable additooth harrow and upon it the seed delivering aptional work in refitting the ground which may paratus is mounted. 20 occur many times, but further accomplishes the The seeding or drilling apparatus includes in final harrowing and drilling of the seed at one the construction a U-shaped frame having horioperation, thereby saving the additional time zontal side members l0, connected at their front which would be required for drilling as now perends by a bar This frame s u d abo e 5 formed. the harrow teeth, legs I2 being connected at The invention is directed to a practical, relatheir upper ends to the sides H! at spaced apart tively simple and very useful construction for points and extending downwardly to be detachattaining the ends stated, as well as many others ably connected to the runners I at the ends of not at this time enumerated, but which will apt e har w, s Shown in LikeWiSe bars 13 pear upon understanding of the invention from extend between and. are connected to the cross 30 the following description taken in connection bars 2 and I I, thereby providing a rigid supporting with the accompanying drawings, in which: structure for the elongated seed-box M, which is Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the combined located above and lengthwise of the harrow and harrow and drill of my invention. over the bars l0, upon which it is mounted. In

Fig. 2 is a vertical section and side elevation the illustration shown, the box M is a combined thereof, the section being taken from front to seeding and fertilizer drill box, but of course back of the machine. so far as the present invention is concerned, the

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged transverse fertilizing compartment is not at all essential. section of the seed-box and a conventional forn- A shaft I5 is mounted in suitable bearings upon 4:. of seed feeding mechanism, and and underneath the forward portion of the sides Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of 10 of the frame described, and at its ends beyond seed dropping and guiding connection between the ends of the harrow the shaft is equipped with the seed-box and harrow teeth. wheels [6, which on the forward movement of the Like reference characters refer to like parts wheels drive the shaft. The shaft 15 may be 4.1 n h ifi v w f the r win s. equipped with a beveled gear I! and drive a With the invention, a conventional spring tooth shaft l8 through a beveled pinion connection with harrow is used which may include a frame havsaid shaft l8, which has beveled pinions at each ing a plurality of sections, each including spaced end as shown in Fig. 3, the upper pinion driving apart runners l which are connected at their a beveled gear 19 or a second longitudinal shaft front ends by a cross bar 2, the runners extend- 20, located lengthwise of and underneath the ing rearwardly from the cross bar. As shown, seed-box M. The seed-box, at a plurality of the runners are L-shaped in cross section and to spaced apart points in its length, has openings or their vertical legs a plurality of plates 3 are conholes in the bottom for the passage of the seed nected, between and through which, for each secor grain which is to be deposited in the ground.

5;, tion, rock shafts 4 extend, on which the harrow For each of these openings a seed control mechalower end of the tooth. The connection of the members 24 to the teeth 5 may be made in any suitable manner, such as by the U-bolts shown, or as an alternative this guide 24 may be formed integral with the tooth 5. The seed control mechanism is not novel with me and the structure shown in Fig. 3 is more or less incomplete and may be widely varied so as to be in accordance with any of the regular and conventional seed control mechanisms which are used in drilling.

In Fig. 4, instead of the sleeve 22 andthe flexible hose 23, a plurality of tubular sections 25are hingedly connected together, the uppermost section at its upper rear corner portion having a pivotal connection at 25 to the bottom of the seed-box l4 and the lowermost section being provided with laterally projecting ears 2'! for the passage of the legs of U-bolts therethrough to clamp the same to the harrow tooth 5.

With this construction the various seed delivery hose 23 or the equivalent jointed sections 25 are operatively associated and connected with the intermediate harrow teeth 5 so as to'drop the seed directly into the furrows dug by such teeth in the forward movement of the harrow. The front teeth 5 of the harrow dig up and harrow the ground ahead of the seed'dropping, and the rear teeth cover the seed which has been dropped.

The wheels 16 are against the ground and as the apparatus is moved forward, such wheels turn and operate the shaft l5. The seed-box with the attached seed dropping hose 23 or 25 may be removed from the apparatus when the harrow alone is to be used, or the entire connection consisting of the bars I3, the legs I2, the frame IO, H and the seed-box and hose may be disconnected to be reconnected when drilling is to take place.

The construction described is of very practical utility and secures in a simple manner the advantages which have been previously stated.

The invention defined in the appended claim is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within its scope.

I claim:

In a construction of the class described, the combination of a harrow unit including a frame having a plurality of harrow teeth thereon, said frame being adapted to have a sliding movement over the ground, a seeding unit comprising supporting wheels contacting with and having a roll ing movement over the ground, a shaft on which the wheels are carried, a frame on' which the shaft is mounted, a seed box mounted on and above said frame, said seeding unit being independently movable on said wheels whereby the harrow may be moved into a position'between the wheels and underneath the seed box, and said wheels carrying the weight of the shaft, seed box, seed therein and frame of the seeding unit, bracing means between said harrow frame and the seed unit frame connected to the seed unit frame and having a detachable jconnection to the harrow frame, said seed box having a plurality of outlets for the passage of'seed, and flexible conduits connected to'said seed box one for each outlet andat their lower ends having a detachable connection to harrow teeth between the front and rear portions of the harrow.

PHILIP BROWER. 

